Helmholtz Zentrum München


Helmholtz Zentrum München is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. It was founded in 1960 and is a joint venture by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and :de:Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen und für Heimat|Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Home.

Mission

The mission of Helmholtz Zentrum München is to find new personalized medical solutions for the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

Management

has been the Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Center since 2018.
In 2019 Kerstin Günther joined the Center and is now the Chief Financial and Technology Officer.

Campus

The main campus is located in Neuherberg, a district of Oberschleißheim, right outside of Munich’s city borders. The campus has a size of 52.3 hectares. In addition, the Center maintains research facilities inside the city area of Munich, Augsburg, Tübingen, Hanover, Dresden and Leipzig.

Legal form

Helmholtz Zentrum München is a limited liability company according to German law and is financed by a ratio of 90:10 by its two shareholders, the Federal Government and the Free State of Bavaria.

Research Focus

The Center focuses its research on five key areas:
HPC is an innovation campus where young investigators research for novel solutions in the fields of biomedical sciences, engineering and digitization in the research environment of Helmholtz Zentrum München.

Translational and Clinical Projects

Translational research approaches at the Center are developed in cooperation with clinical partners:
The Center has one Helmholtz Graduate School in cooperation with the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Technical University Munich, and five Helmholtz Research Schools. The schools offer doctoral students in-depth research in the fields of diabetes, lung and radiation research, epigenetics and data science: